China's Jan-Oct net coal imports up 40 pct on year-NDRC

SHANGHAI Nov 20 China's net coal imports in the
first 10 months of 2012 stood at 217 million tonnes, up 39.5
percent from year earlier, the National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Total coal stocks at major power plants stood at 93.7
million tonnes at the end of October, equivalent to 29 days of
consumption, which is eight days more than at the same time last
year.
(Reporting by Fayen Wong; Editing by John Mair)

ACCRA, Dec 9 Ghana's main opposition leader,
Nana Akufo-Addo, has won the West African country's presidential
election with an absolute majority over President John Mahama,
two influential private radio stations said on Friday.